Fixture hanger



Nov. 6, 1951 Filed Aug. 9, 1948 F. H. BLUMENTHAL 2,574,205

FIXTURE HANGER 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 v INVENTOR: FRANCIS H. BL UME N THAL ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES i OFFICE;

FIXTURE Francis H.. Blurnent-hal, Los. Qfilif-,.flS signor to- West Coast Fittings 00., Los Angeles, Calif., acorporation of California,

Application August 9, Serial No. 43,277

This inventionv relates to adjustable. hanger Supports for. basins, kitchensinks, laundry tubs and 'thelike, and. more particularly to an improved and more universal. adjustable hanger support over that. disclosed in United States- Patent No. 2,083,271, issuedduneil, 1937, to Jack Lindenbaum, commonly owned with the instant application by West Coast. Fitting Co., a California corporation.

- Some forms of kitchen sinks, laundry tubs, wash basins, and the like fixtures, collectively referred to hereinas basins, are made of porcelain or the like vitreous material and are pro.- vided with integral recesses, pockets or sockets for the reception of. an upwardly and outwardly projecting lug intended to be secured to a wall or the like for hanging such basins.

Other forms of. basins or fixtures, enerally made of and referredto herein as cast iron basins, are generally coated with vitreous china, porcelain, or like material and are provided with integrally cast downwardly andoutwa-rdly depending lugs or the like for accommodation in complementary female-bracket members similarly in-. tended to be secured to a wall. for hanging the same. 7 r

As is disclosed in the patent above referredto, it was theretofore the practice to provide for each form of fixture and for each size. of thesame (varying among different manufacturers) hanger brackets and supports of both male and female variety of differing lengths correspbn'ding with the divergent'measurements'ofthe wide range of available fixtures. ,A wide variety of lugs must therefore be kept on hand or separately purchased, and in addition the strength in use and adaptability to differing places of installation was deficient.

It is therefore an object of the instant invention to provide a universal hanger adaptable .for male and female lugs and recesses, respectively, found upon the two major types of basinsabove referred to, which combine features of longitudi nal adjustability and strength and desired features of adaptable securement of the same to variously spaced and located studs or to other points of necessary securement to a wall or similar surface.

It is another object of the invention to provide a universal hanger for basins or the like having the desired characteristics herein described which may be readily cast integrally preferably in two parts having universal male and female hanger elements formed therein. I v

Another object of this invention is the provision of new and improved combined maleand female basin-engaging means, the same-being adaptable for all conventional basins regardless of size or type as now commonly constructed.

Other objects of the invention are the provision of improvements over prior art devices 2 Claims; (org-Aim) f and structures heretofore employed to accomplish a1 generali y similar or more limited purpose; simplicity :of design, economical: in manuiacture and-stronganctpractical in use. i With these and:- otherobjects in view, the in vention: consists in itheconstruction, arrangemerit and combination of the various parts-of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter set forth, pointedout the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

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Figure l is a front viewota preferred form of hanger selected as embodying this-invention.

Figure 2.-

a sectionalview taken as ona line Z'-2 of-Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view as on a line s-3 0i Figure 1.

Figure l is a sectional view ason a line 4-4 of'Figure I. I r I Figure 5 is a view as; on a line 5--5- of Figure 4 and showing: the back side of the hanger corresponding to the right liandlend of? Figure 1. Figuie 63 1's a view similar to Figure i showing the hanger as used in-an inverted position. J l' igure '7! is a front view of another preferred formof the invention. J eEigure an a sectional view as on a line8-8 of Figure 7. r -"-Figure\' 9-is a top view of the :same. I

Figure" 10 is a view similar to Figure 8, :but showing the hanger 0f Figure 8 applied toa vitreous fixture. r Reterring-more particularly to the drawings, there is illustrated, by way of example and' not of limitation, a bracket generally designated by the numeral 2'fl'having right and left complemen'tary members 2:! and 22, respectively, providing in substance sockets 23 and 24 for the reception of corresponding complementary male lugs 25" Figure as upon an iron type of fixture indicated at 2-6 in said figure.

' in the other hand projecting tongues 21 extend upwardlyand outwardly from the righth'a-nd" and left-hand members 21 and 22 and may include any reinforcing ribs as indicated at 3B; In Figure-e-one ofsaid lugs ZI-isshown, briefly speaking, in an upwardly projecting outwardly-extending positionirelative to a wall .33 for its accommodation a complementary 're c'ess -34 of a vitreous type 0f bas'in :or fixture illustrated' at;{35 whereby to support the same.

i *In more detail, thehalves 21 and 22 of the bracket may-comprise male arms 36' and female arms 31, the l atter being optionally channeled at Safer the slidable'nesting reception of the-male arm 35-. Said-ma'le'ttrm may also be formed vliitlc' a. slot =1!) and a shoulder formed by an under-cut 4| therearound to receive the head, not shown, of a nut securable to a bolt engage able through said slot 40. Any number of appropriately placed counter-sunk bolt holes 42 and 50 are also provided on said arms and elsewhere as desired.

The arms 36 and 31 in the present invention may be transversely notched or weakened as at 45 and 46, respectively, in order that the portions of the arms 36 and 31 between said notches and the ends 48 and 49 may be broken off to shorten the overall longitudinal dimension of the bracket.

In the embodiment of Figures 1 through 6. above described, screws, bolts or the like may be extended as through the holes 42 or 50 for securement of the bracket to the wall at appropriate points corresponding with the positions of the studs or other strong points.

Referring now to the other preferred form of the invention, as illustrated in Figures 7, B, 9 and 10, there. is shown a bracket having a pair of longitudinally, adjustable preferably telescoplns arms I and MI upon .bracket members I02 andl03. The arms, being similar to those herertofore described in connection with the first preferred embodiment of Figures 1 through 6 and being further described in the patent above referred to, are herein for the most part designated by like reference numerals to those applied for the first embodiment. Each of the members I02. and I03 may be formed with upstanding lugs or male members I and I06 which, optionally reinforced as by any webs I01, normally, extend outwardly and upwardly as from a vertical .wall surface I09.

The arms adjacent the lugs I05 and I06 may define shoulders IIII on one side of the lugs while bracket portions III may likewise form opposed shoulders I I2 on the opposite or outer side thereof. Thereby, marginal edges H4 and H5 of the lugs or intermediate tongues I05 and I06 are free and spaced, by cutout portions I3, relative to said-shoulders, I I0 and H2 although defining pockets therewith, as betweenopposite shoulders H0 and H2, the innersurface III of the lugs I05 and I06 and awall I09. I. 7

Having .reference to Figure 8 it may be seen that if the socket ,area I2I, as above defined, is used for the receptionof a lug element I22 depending from the back of an iron type basin I23. saidsocketyl2l will serve a function corresponding to that of the sockets 23 ,and 24 of the first embodiment, and such male lug will beconfined against lateral movement by the shoulders H0 and H2 while being held against the wall I09 bythe lugII4.

-, On the other hand, if it be desired to employ the second preferred structure upon the vitreous type of basin, the lugs I 05 and, I05 comprising male elementsmay be utilized in a similar manner to that indicated for the lugs 21 of the first embodiment and may be inserted into the recess orpocket I30 (FigurelO) thereof.

, The shoulders H8 and II9are of such a height that they engage the tip I24, (e. g., Fig. 8) of the depending fixture lug I22 to prevent sidewise movement but are notso high as the lugs I05 and I06. If desired, the lower edge I3I (Fig. of the socket structure can be permitted to rest upon the shoulders IIB-and II9 (e. g., Fig. 7) the latter therebyin effect defining horizontal shoulders. Otherwise these horizontal shoulders may beweakened as along lines I26 and I21 similarly to the arms at 46 to permit their removal when the hanger is to be used for vitreous fixtures (Fig. 10), thereby making the lugs I05 and I relatively longer.

It is therefore apparent 'that a" hanger of universally adapted nature has been created of remarkably simple construction considering its broad use, which is compact and complete, needing no duplication or supplementation by auxiliary devices for hanging any type of vitreous or iron basin.

This invention features the provision of a universal fixture hanger of improved type capable of accommodating both male and female basin supporting constructions of any size and of a type normally built into such basins. In particular it features improvements in the disclosure of, United States Letters Patent'No. 2,083,271, furthering the purpose of the same by an improved construction particularly residing in the form and more universal adaptability of the basin engaging members, to wit, the tongue, lug, or socket construction.

7 Although the invention has been herein shown and described in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention which is not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent structures.

The invention having been herein described, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a support for a cast iron type of basin or the like, comprising two socket members for reception of complementary hanging lugs, conventionally provided in such forms of basins, the improvement'comprising said socket members being formed with spaced cut-out portions defining intermediate tongues projecting laterally fromsaid support 'forengagement in complementary recesses conventionally formed inporcelain type basins. 2. In a support for a cast iron type of basin or the like, comprising two socket members for reception of" complementary hanging lugs, conventionally provided in such forms of basins, the improvement comprising said socket members being formed with spaced cut-out portions defining intermediate tongues projecting laterally from said support for engagement in complementary recesses conventionally formed in porcelain type basins, said spaced cut-out portions defining, with the upper edge of the adjacent body of the support, horizontal shoulders raised above said 'upper' edge and vertical shoulders spaced from said tongue, said horizontal shoulders being undercut and weakened along a horizontal line whereby they may be broken off for the purpose described.

' FRANCIS H. BLUMENTHAL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS I Date Number Name 1,035,457 Madden Aug. 13, 1912 1,129,325 Atlee Feb. 23, 1915 1,483,663 Johnson s Feb. 12, 1924 2,083,271 Lindenbaum June 8, 1937 

